title: Structural analysis of a new cryptic plasmid pAR67 isolated from Ruminococcus albus AR67.
abstract: The complete nucleotide sequence of a new cryptic plasmid pAR67 isolated from a rumen bacterium Ruminococcus albus AR67 has been determined. The plasmid pAR67 was 3419 bp in size with a 45% GC content. Two open reading frames, ORF1 and ORF2, encoding potential polypeptides of 285 and 165 amino acids, with limited sequence similarity to replication and mobilization proteins, respectively, were identified within the sequence. The region upstream of ORF1 had an AT-rich (80%) segment followed by four 19-bp direct repeats, which is similar to the structural organization characteristic of replication origins of some bacterial plasmids.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Bioresources, Mie University, Tsu, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyagi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaneichi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karita
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohmiya
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001421:Bacteria, Anaerobic / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D010957:Plasmids
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial